I'll take the bait...
> Why does everyone seem to have a problem with *general purpose* library
> functions that don't perform in the *explict* way that they would like.
It's not unreasonable to ask why StrPrintF behaves differently from C's
printf. All that's desired in this case is that StrPrintF be as *general*
as printf, which it is intended to replace.
That said, I completely agree with the Jon's sentiments -- it is annoying to
see so many posts from people who want others to do their work.
Eric W. Sirko
Softworks Solutions, LLC
> For
> such a simple case as above, time would be better spent in writing a small
> (probably faster) custom function to do the same job (it would also serve
as
> a good exercise in programming for anyone found lacking in the requist
> skills *grin*) rather than post and wait for someone else to dish the
goods
> and hold their hand a little
>
> eg
>
> void HexToStr_02(char *out, uint in)
> {
> static char hs[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
> *out++ = hs[(in >> 8) & 0xF];
> *out++ = hs[in & 0xF];
> *out=0;
> }
>
> That way you wont have the extra overhead of the sprintf function parsing
> va_args and performing all sorts of stack jiggery pokery and parsing
format
> strings - eek. (hell - it could even be made into a macro!)
>
> FWIW - I've only been subscribed to this list for a couple of weeks and
this
> is my first post. I've had a couple of newbie questions anwsered on other
> lists (thanks for the help az) but I do find it frustrating having to wade
> through pages of crap in the digest to find the juicy bits - especially
when
> most questions *CAN* be anwsered by searching the KB or using the find
> feature (the button with the binoculars on it) in acrobat to search the
> SDK's, or by doing some coding , (this also had the added side effect that
> you may just learn something and become a better programmer!)
>
> Kudos to the guys who post source code that doesn't work (at least they
> tried!)
>
> Oh and thanks to everyone who posted code on how to read the owners name
> from the system prefs - I need to do this soon and I WAS going to search
the
> docs, but you've saved me some time - cheers!
>
> Oopps - just fell off my soapbox 8-)
>
> Jon (mr Flamebait)...
>
>
>
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